Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew. Hearty and flavorful Guinness Irish beef stew, made even easier in the slow cooker! A comforting meal, perfect for St. We got 19 inches of snow at the end of last week, kn.

Eating and traveling in New York and far beyond. Many of you will recognize the dish above as the beloved.

My favorite recipe for cheesy, creamy, garlicky, crazy-delicious scalloped potatoes.

Its time to move on. Its time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. Lentils With Sausage And Roasted Butternut Squash. Does anyone else think it got cold really fast this year? I dont feel like we eased into it at all. I mean, Ive seen snow twice already, and its only November! Of course, now were getting a few days of warm weather, which I will not complain about at all! Pasta rice grains beans.

Notes and tips from rome. Pumpkin and Other Winter Squash Recipes. Where we ate in paris. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Among frozen summer desserts, granitas are a hard sell, not matter how you rename them. Tuesday, August 4, 2015.

Well that was the longest blogging break I have taken since I started back in 2009! I would love to say I was totally unplugged, but the reality is that I have been crazy busy with work and spent the past 10 days working from Ireland. In between emails I got in sightseeing and family time though, and while heartsick for my favorite place on earth, I am also feeling energized to enjoy the rest of the summer and to conquer the work and travel ahead.

Select Oyster Bar, Back Bay. My New Compact Wine Cellar. Select Oyster Bar, Back Bay. Al Fresco Dining at Cinquecento, South End. Klinker Brick Old Vine Zinfandel 2012. Morgan Twelve Clones Pinot Noir 2013, Santa Lucia Highlands. Napa Private Tours Wine Tours for Connoisseurs. Chicken Sausage, Tomato, and Arugula Pasta.

Perhaps you have noticed that I have been posting less and less frequently lately. I am so thankful for all the friends I have made as a result of this little piece of the internet that I know will last long after my blog is forgotten. Thank you everybody for sticking with me and for reading my random thoughts. I knew it was going to be tough seein.

Bagels, Burrata and Bed Stuy. Absent from here, but active in life, so I think that counts for something. This summer, I had a fantastic opportunity to work in NYC. I packed up my sea salt spray and my maxi dresses and headed to Brooklyn from June to September.